Posted on 07/18/2024 1:42:40 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
The 2024 Republican National Convention continued in Milwaukee on July 17, featuring Republican politicians and voters delivering speeches.
William Pekrul, 98-year-old WWII veteran, gave a powerful message to 2024 Republican National Convention
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Sgt. William “Bill” Pekrul, a Milwaukee native and World War II veteran, told the RNC crowd that “America is still worth fighting for” during his Wednesday night speech in downtown Milwaukee.
The hometown hero’s entrance on stage drew a thunderous applause and chants yelling “U.S.A.” And it didn’t end there − almost every line he delivered garnered the same applause and patriotic chants.
The highlight of the speech for RNC delegates came when Pekrul, 99, said if former President Donald Trump became president again “I would go back to re-enlist today.”
“I would storm whatever beach ... my country needs me to.”
The theme for the third night of the convention was “Make America Strong Once Again.”
A self-proclaimed proud Wisconsinite, Pekrul signed up for the U.S. Army at Boys Tech High School (now Bradley Tech), according to an interview with the War Memorial Center that he gave as part of the Wisconsin Veterans Story Project.
Pekrul fought with the 29th Infantry in the second wave of troops during the Normandy Invasion on D-Day. He was awarded two Bronze Stars and a Silver Star for his service in WWII.
During Wednesday evening’s remarks he said he was honored to be a part of America’s “greatest generation,” a term used to describe those born from 1900 through the 1920s, because “America is the greatest nation in the history of the world.”
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The 29th Division was the “Blue and Grey”, made up of National Guard units of Confederate and Union states. It was one of the explicitly unifying gestures that were so common from the 1880s-1950s.
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“99-year-old Wisconsin veteran says he’d re-enlist if Trump were president”
Mary Spicuzza; Zoe Jaeger; Caitlin Looby
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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William Pekrul, 99-year-old WWII veteran, delivers speech at 2024 RNC in hometown of Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
7-18-2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-1lUfy2XvI
“There aren’t many of us left today. But, for us those who of us who are here: America is still worth fighting for.
It hurts my heart to see what our current president and vice president have done to the country I love so well.
They have humiliated Us in Afghanistan. We are pushed around in China. Terrorists run wild in the Middle East and they let our own Southern border get overrun.
America people say America is an idea. But I believe America is much more than that.
America: America is our home.
You know when I was fighting in Europe and I came back home, I kissed the ground thanking God that I’m back home in our, my country. Where I come from, when somebody comes for me or my home you dig your boots in the ground and never look back. That’s the attitude that saved the free world and was years ago.
If President Trump is back in as commander and chief I would go back to reenlist today.
I would storm whatever beach he wanted, my country wanted, and needs me to.
God bless you. God bless your home and the United States of America.”
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I’ve never had an “Uncle Bill”...until now!
He was great!!!
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